The 2025-26 Milwaukee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Piggly Wiggly, is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the spring sports season.
The player of the year winners for each sport will be announced during the live show June 15 at Brookfield Conference Center.
During the show, these nominees will be honored, along with player of the year nominees and winners from the fall and winter sports seasons. Fall nominees already have been announced and can be found here. The winter nominees have also already been announced and can be found here.
The show also will announce the winners of our premier awards, which include boys athlete of the year, girls athlete of the year, boys team of the year, girls team of the year, coach of the year and our Courage Award recipient.
Nominated athletes who RSVP for the event here will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors.
Additional tickets to the event can be purchased on the show’s website here.
The Milwaukee High School Sports Awards, Presented by Piggly Wiggly, is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards.
Here are the spring nominees:
Baseball
- Brayden Alivo, sr., St. Thomas More
- Cayden Burtness, jr., Pewaukee
- Ian Kawczynski, sr., Catholic Memorial
- Maddux Lessard, sr., Muskego
- Charlie McIntyre, sr., Whitefish Bay
- Owen McLellan, jr., Shorewood
- Alex Michna, jr., New Berlin Eisenhower
- Luke Mrazek, jr., St. Thomas More
- Jon Murkowski, sr., Germantown
- Sam Ortiz, sr., Franklin
- Cooper Sievert, sr., Wisconsin Lutheran
- Andy Werner, sr., University School of Milwaukee
Boys golf
- Jonathan Amtmann, sr., Arrowhead
- Henry Bechthold, sr., University School of Milwaukee
- Thomas Began, sr., Whitefish Bay
- Charles Davis, so., Slinger
- Jacob Gerend, sr., Whitefish Bay
- Alex Kuepper, jr., Hartford
- Liam Morn, sr., Kettle Moraine
- Hayes Packee, jr., Marquette
- Caleb Peterson, jr., Franklin
- Lucas Piacsek, sr., Waukesha North
- Vance Reiland, sr., Homestead
- Max Zastrow, jr., Lake Country Lutheran
Boys lacrosse
- Mitch Coburn, sr., Homestead
- Nick Garvey, sr., Kettle Moraine
- Evan Gordon, jr., Muskego
- Jackson Liacopoulos, jr., Brookfield Central
- Drew Nerbun, sr., University School of Milwaukee
- Chris Wilkinson, sr., Marquette
Girls lacrosse
- Sophie Bucher, sr., University School of Milwaukee
- Darcy Doyle, sr., University School of Milwaukee
- Tess Lee, sr., Brookfield Central
- Elladie Naylor, so., Oconomowoc
- Sophia Olden, jr., Kenosha Indian Trail
- Emily Simons, jr., Mukwonago
Girls soccer
- Brailey Baxter, jr., Divine Savior Holy Angels
- Josephine Carter, sr., Cedarburg
- Taylor Collins, jr., Muskego
- Madonna Helf, jr., Whitefish Bay
- Braelyn Hundt, sr., Brookfield East
- Amara Leppla, sr., Arrowhead
- Meredith Paar, sr., Oconomowoc
- Taylor Perkins, sr., Milwaukee King
- Avery Roethe, jr., Divine Savior Holy Angels
- Margaret Sisk, sr., Catholic Memorial
- Mayah Skenandore, jr., Racine Park
- Samantha Wacker, sr., Slinger
Softball
- Kailey Anderson, sr., Franklin
- Samantha Brunner, jr., Muskego
- Leah Budnik, fr., Lake Country Lutheran
- Kennedy Christopher, sr., Oak Creek
- Samantha Davis, sr., Whitnall
- Alivia Fischer, sr., Hartford
- Zhana Guenther, jr., Wisconsin Lutheran
- Payton Hisel, sr., Waukesha West
- Ashlyn Hunt, so., Catholic Memorial
- Emily Johnson, sr., Cedarburg
- Maddie Martin, fr., Greendale
- Bitsy Palicka, so., Sussex Hamilton
Boys tennis
- Tommy Heinrich, jr., New Berlin Eisenhower
- Ethan Hoffman, sr., Hartford
- Oliver Milleman, jr., Catholic Memorial
- Michael Pan, jr., Grafton
- Grant Schaefer, so., Whitefish Bay
- Andrey Semin, sr., Brookfield Central
- Jake Zheng, sr., Brookfield East
- Ryker Koch, jr., Brookfield East
- Brady Latus, jr., Catholic Memorial
- Finn Milleman, sr., Catholic Memorial
- Chase Larson, so., Menomonee Falls
- Miles Seder, sr., Menomonee Falls
Girls track and field
- Ella Anschutz, sr., Muskego
- Ashley Babcock, sr., New Berlin West
- Avery Bott, sr., Arrowhead
- Payton Eicher, sr., Arrowhead
- Rylee Faehling, sr., West Bend West
- Sydney Knautz, sr., Dominican
- Karstin McCabe, fr., Whitefish Bay
- Laela Presendofer, sr., Mukwonago
- Macy Price, sr., Sussex Hamilton
- Kyenret Rinkam, jr., Brookfield Central
- Elise Schroeder, sr., Arrowhead
- Piper Schuster, sr., Slinger
Boys track and field
- Niyer Clayborn, jr., Wisconsin Lutheran
- Aiden Dykstra, sr., Germantown
- Luka Ivancevic, sr., Homestead
- Ryan Lien, sr., Shorewood
- Gabriel Olson, sr., Oak Creek
- Gianni Quintero, sr., Marquette
- Brendan Reardon, sr., Marquette
- Owen Sayles, sr., Oconomowoc
- Jay Tally, sr., Homestead
- Keymari Upshaw, jr., Milwaukee Academy of Science
- Evan Wozniak, sr., Arrowhead
- Cole Zielinski, jr., Waukesha West
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 2025-26 Milwaukee High School Sports Awards: see all spring nominees
About the Author
